DSO Overflow

S3Ep7 - Managing the risks that really matter with Sam Watkins

Season 4 Episode 7

DSO Overflow S4EP7

Managing the risks that really matter
with
Sam Watkins

In this month's episode, Glenn and Jessica speak with Sam Watkins to talk about a new paradigm for managing risks.

Sam Watkins is an accomplished engineer working at BT in the UK. Sam is driven by a passion for driving change through the implementation of technological solutions, possessing the expertise in impacting organisational capability and performance, catering to business needs by early adaption of futuristic technological trends, and enabling organisations to meet the business needs.

In this episode, Sam reveals to Jess and Glenn the exciting work she is doing at BT, a major telecommunication company in the UK to improve the organisation's application security posture. You will hear Sam talk about challenging the current paradigm of managing vulnerabilities to a paradigm of managing weaknesses. Sam discusses the risks that really matter while remaining empathetic to the needs of everyone within the organisation including compliance, engineering and risk management.

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